Gastric antral vascular ectasia - An unusual cause of gastric outlet obstruction: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 503-505

  Tuveri, Massimiliano ^a,c   Borsezio, Valentina ^a   Gabbas, Antonio ^a   Mura, Guendalina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b Servizio di Anatomia Patologica   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gastric surgery; Occult gastrointestinal bleeding; Vascular ectasia; Watermelon stomach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FIBRIN CLOT; FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA; GASTRECTOMY BILLROTH I; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; STOMACH ANTRUM RESECTION; STOMACH ANTRUM VASCULAR ECTASIA; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; STOMACH MUCOSA; STOMACH OBSTRUCTION; STOMACH SURGERY;

ADULT; FEMALE; GASTRIC ANTRAL VASCULAR ECTASIA; GASTRIC OUTLET OBSTRUCTION; HUMANS;

EID: 34249737918     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-006-3430-3     Document Type: Article

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